Victor Davis Hanson Show

State of the Union

Listen to Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler talk about the many lies, boasts, and fallout from Biden’s speech: debt deception, SCOTUS criticism, US-Gaza policy, Laken Riley offense, RFK Jr.’s reaction, and the open border as a deliberate policy. Don’t miss the Petain legacy and the battle of Dien Bien Phu in concluding comments. […]

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The Anti-Democratic Democratic Left

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Joe Biden has claimed that his opponents are assaulting democracy on the basis of the January 6, 2020, buffoonish riot. Aside from the fact that storming the Capitol Rotunda sometimes is apparently deemed permissible—as in the recent pro-Hamas takeover of it—or aside from the fact that disrupting a federal government

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Aristophanes’ Comedy and Modern Secrets and Fantasies

Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc for discussion of Aristophanes and some current news: US-Hamas in secret talks, illegal immigrants and secret transport, California Senatorial race, Musk imbroglios, and Pope Francis’ fantasies from the Vatican. Share This

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Advantage Trump and Other Notable Matches

Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc analyze the SCOTUS decision against de-balloting Trump, Trump’s other expectation in the lawfare cases, Super Tuesday results, California criminals can file “systemic racism” appeals, Victoria Nuland quits, and Joy Reid can’t stop being Joy Reid. Share This

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VDH UltraThe Mythologies of the Middle East: Part Three

Victor Davis Hanson The Myth of the Oppressed Palestinians There are lots of refugees in the world with much longer claims of displacement than the Palestinians, and also some with much more recent suffering. And yet we hear nothing about them. Does anyone challenge Turkish president Erdogan for his ongoing threats to send missiles into

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Newsom’s Cronyism, DOJ’s Threat, and Intellectual Thieves

In this episode, Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler talk about Newsom’s friends exempted from CA labor laws, insurance companies disappear from CA, Trump’s new campaign ad, the cartel-Chinese-fentanyl nexus, the DOJ’s indictments send a message to political opponents, and many DEI administrators are not just intellectual thieves but intellectual impediments. Share This

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The Ukrainian Verdun

Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness Ukraine has ossified into something like the modern version of the horrific Battle of Verdun, fought 108 years ago on the 1916 Western Front of World War I. That meat grinder cost France and Germany some 700,000 dead and wounded. The nightmare ended ten months later, after the heroic French

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VDH UltraThe Mythologies of the Middle East: Part Two

Victor Davis Hanson The Myth of “Proportionality” As a general rule, in the long history of war, victory is found only by being disproportionate in the use of force. That is a truism so banal as to need little elaboration. When both sides are “proportionate” in their ability to harm their opponents, the result is

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VDH UltraThe Mythologies of the Middle East: Part One

Victor Davis Hanson Hamas Is an Aberration Without Popular Support? After the forced removal of all Israelis from Gaza in 2005, and the Western-sanctioned election of 2006 that led to Hamas taking power, there has not been a single election. The Middle East rule of “one election, one time” has been in effect for over

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Trump Too Tough to Trump and Rural America

Listen in as Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler discuss Trump’s polls, trials, voters, and strategic possibilities. Then they examine the Central Valley of California, the blaming and defaming of white rural people, the “12 O’Clock High” series, and Israel’s dilemma. Share This

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